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The Swedish Environmental Court of Appeal (ECA) has ruled that the building of a freight port at Norvikudden in Nynäshamn, Sweden can go ahead. “This is an important milestone in our efforts to build a freight port to meet the transport demands of the future in an environmentally friendly way. This ruling means that we can now look forward to ...
Phnom Penh: Two key Cambodian ports saw revenues rose by 31.3% on-year to $35m in 2010 due to an increase in shipments. The Southeast nation's biggest port, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, generated $28.42m of revenues last year, up from $25.15m in 2009, according to official data. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the second biggest port, posted revenues of $6.5...
QUEENLAND's great floods, which closed the Port of Brisbane, have ebbed and all berths, except those at Hamilton Reach, have reopened, say port authorities. "Many restrictions including most night transits have now been lifted, however each vessel will be assessed by the harbour master before passage is arranged," said a port authority notice. There we...
PORT of Qingdao, in eastern Shandong province, recorded a container throughput of 12 million TEU and a cargo tonnage of 350 million tonnes as of December 28, Xinhua reports. During the period from 2006 to 2010, the port's throughput grew at an annual rate of 13.5 per cent to 49.5 million TEU, and 1.5 billion tonnes overall - more than double that of the...
Long-standing demand of trade and user associations will ease congestion India’s Port of Chennai, which is struggling to cope with increased congestion, broke ground on the Chennai-Ennore road connectivity project, a long-standing demand of trade and user associations. The project, estimated to cost $133 million, calls for construction of a 19-mi...
US ports know where their main customers are and are wasting no time in reaching out to Asia, with Gulf of Mexico ports leading the way. Executives from Houston (Texas), Mobile (Alabama) and Tampa (Florida) have returned from an unprecedented "Gulf Coast Advantage" promotion to China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. Until now they have treated...
French dockworkers Jan. 21 began a four-day nationwide strike amid warnings of further stoppages as port employers resist union demands for improved working conditions and early retirement. The Communist-led CGT, the largest dockworker union, claimed solid support for the strike at all ports, with shipping at a standstill from Marseille in the south to L...
DP World’s new container terminal in Port Qasim near Karachi in Pakistan has officially opened, extending capacity at the port to 1.2m teu from around 900,000 teu. This marks the conclusion of the first of DP World’s planned three-phase development at the port. DP World Karachi is Pakistan’s first dedicated international container termi...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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